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MLK Day to be more assertive, post-Ferguson

For years, the Philadelphia-area celebration of Martin Luther King's Birthday has been a big, peaceful day of service driven by volunteers who fill backpacks, paint schools, and clean streets.

Sara Lomax Reese, president of WURD-AM, receives the Harris Woffard Active Citizenship Award during a ceremony at Girard College, where plans for the 20th MLK Day of Service were announced.
Sara Lomax Reese, president of WURD-AM, receives the Harris Woffard Active Citizenship Award during a ceremony at Girard College, where plans for the 20th MLK Day of Service were announced.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer
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